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South China Morning Post
15 hours ago
- Science
- South China Morning Post
New university under mysterious PLA force to offer training in AI, unmanned operations
A new university under the Chinese military's mysterious Information Support Force plans to offer training in artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned operations and other key technology, according to its first public enrolment notice. Advertisement The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Information Support Force Engineering University in the central city of Wuhan will offer 10 undergraduate majors in information and intelligent technology, according to a Thursday report by state broadcaster CCTV. It added that students who have taken the college entrance exam and passed political evaluations may apply this month. According to the report, the school will also offer more traditional disciplines such as communication engineering, allowing students to study electromagnetic fields and wave propagation, satellite communication and 6G technology to cultivate commanding officers who can understand, operate and design communication systems. A new data link engineering major, designed for 'informationised, intelligent, and unmanned operations in modern warfare', will teach students about signals and systems, information fusion and processing, and data link technology. This technology is used on missiles, warships, fighter jets and early warning aircraft systems, according to CCTV. Advertisement Other majors include big data, command and information systems engineering, software engineering, and intelligent vision engineering, which focuses on pattern and intelligent target recognition on the battlefield.
South China Morning Post
27-01-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Chinese military leaders urge war readiness ahead of Lunar New Year
Published: 6:09pm, 27 Jan 2025 Top Chinese military officials pledged to fight corruption and strengthen war readiness while visiting People's Liberation Army troops ahead of Lunar New Year . General Zhang Youxia , first-ranked vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), China's top military decision-making body, recently inspected a unit of the Information Support Force in the northeastern city of Shenyang, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. General He Weidong , the second-ranked vice-chairman of the CMC, visited troops stationed in Beijing last week, according to another Xinhua report. The visits by the country's No 2 and No 3 military officials are part of a tradition of extending greetings to the troops before the holiday, also known as Spring Festival, which falls on Wednesday. President Xi Jinping, who chairs the CMC, inspected the PLA's Northern Theatre Command, headquartered in Shenyang, on Friday. He was accompanied by Zhang. While there, Xi extended Lunar New Year greetings to the troops and called for maintaining national security and social stability. At the Information Support Force unit, Zhang called for the 'continued deepening of political rectification', referring to efforts to improve political conduct and loyalty within the military. '[We should] strengthen discipline, enforce rules … further solidifying the political character of following the [Communist] Party's command and loyalty to the party,' Zhang said, according to the report.
